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Amend CSHB 1819 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION __. Subchapter Z, Chapter 214, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 214.907 to read as follows:
Sec. 214.907. RELOCATION OF DISPLACED RESIDENTS BY CERTAIN
MUNICIPALITIES. (a) In this section, "multi-family rental
building" has the meaning assigned by Section 214.219.
(b) This section applies only to a municipality with a
population of 1.7 million or more.
(c) A municipality may not order the closure of a
multi-family rental building because of a violation of an ordinance
adopted by the municipality relating to habitability unless the
municipality locates housing for the residents displaced by the
closure.